Pinterest resolves its worst security flaw: group boards

Pinterest has just improved its Group Boards features, arguably plugging the network’s largest security hole.

Citing user feedback as the reason for the update, a Pinterest spokesperson blogged that the changes would take effect Thursday morning.

“Pinners will be asked to join a group board before it is added to their profile. When someone adds you to a group board, you will be sent an invitation to contribute. If you accept the invitation, you will be added as a collaborator and the board will appear on your profile.”

Until now, group boards have been one of Pinterest’s biggest security flaws.

Pinners will undoubtedly applaud Pinterest’s attempt to value their consent, but we can’t say for sure. Along with this update, Pinterest has disabled comments on its blog, and deleted all user comments on previous posts. For example, the comments we quoted in a previous story no longer exist.